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Old to Begin Lyrics — Pavement | Dork

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Pavement
Old to Begin Lyrics

Lyrics

Old to Begin

From Brighten the Corners1997

Written by Stephen Malkmus

Produced by Bryce Goggin, Mitch Easter, Pavement

Lyrics

Old to Begin

Embrace the senile genius Watch him reinvent the wheel I don't need your summary acts, summary acts To give into the narrative age Old to begin, I will set you back, set you back, set you Old to begin, I will set you back, set you back, set you We get to feeling like a fixture Set in 1966 Time came that we drifted apart, drifted apart To find an identical twin Old to begin, I will set you back, set you back, set you Old to begin, I will set you back, set you back, fella Searching for latent 'cause, blame it on menopause Or perhaps stress and strain credit cards, lumbar pain But I've seen your double dares everything extraordinaire I know the things you do are gonna come back Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ahh!

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About this track

"Old to Begin" is a song by Pavement from the album Brighten the Corners, released in 1997. The song was written by Stephen Malkmus. It was produced by Bryce Goggin, Mitch Easter, Pavement.

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